Therése Halscheid's poetry collection Uncommon Geography, received a Finalist Award for the Paterson Poetry Book Prize. Her poetry and essays have appeared in journals, among them The Gettysburg Review, Tampa Review, New Delta Review. She has been writing on the road, as a house-sitter, for several years. Simple living has fostered a connection to the natural world. New work embodies a stay with an Inupiaq tribe of Alaska, as well as a collection of essays about her father. Website: ThereseHalscheid.com